# barro
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈba.ru]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈba.ro]

### Verb

barro
* first-person singular present indicative of barrar

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaro/ [ˈba.rʊ]
* Rhymes: -aro
* Hyphenation: ba‧rro

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).
Cognate with Portuguese barro, Asturian barru and Spanish barro.

#### Noun

barro m (plural barros)
* mud
    Synonym: lama
* clay
    Synonym: arxila
** 1484, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 445:cinco mil ladrillos ben cozidos e de boo barrofive thousand bricks, correctly fired and made of good clay

##### Derived terms

* Barredo
* Barreira
* barreira
* Barreiras
* barreiro
* Barrosa
* Barrosas
* Barroso
* canabarro
* pallabarro

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

barro
* Archaic form of barrio.

##### Derived terms

* Barral
* Barreal
* Barro
* Dobarro

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “barro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “barro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “barro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbar.ro/
* Rhymes: -arro
* Hyphenation: bàr‧ro

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish barro (“mud; clay”), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

#### Noun

barro m (plural barri)
* (uncountable) a clay used to make pottery
    Synonym: bucchero
* a piece of pottery made from this clay
    Synonym: bucchero

### Etymology 2

Gender change from barra (“helm, tiller”).

#### Noun

barro m (plural barri)
* (nautical) boom
    Synonym: boma

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

barro
* first-person singular present indicative of barrare

### Further reading

* barro$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* barro$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* borra

## Ladino
### Noun

barro m (Latin spelling)
* clay

### Adjective

barro (Latin spelling)
* earthen

## Latin
### Noun

barrō
* dative/ablative singular of barrus

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈba.ʁu/ [ˈba.hu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈba.ʁu/ [ˈba.hu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈba.ʁu/ [ˈba.χu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈba.ʁo/ [ˈba.ho]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈba.ʁu/
* Rhymes: -aʁu
* Hyphenation: bar‧ro

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).
Cognate with Galician, Mirandese, and Spanish barro, Asturian barru.

#### Noun

barro m (plural barros)
* mud
* clay
    Synonym: argila

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

barro
* first-person singular present indicative of barrar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaro/ [ˈba.ro]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aro
* Syllabification: ba‧rro

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).

#### Noun

barro m (plural barros)
* (geology) mud
    Synonyms: fango, lodo
* (materials) clay
    Synonym: arcilla

##### Derived terms

* barrar
* embarrar (verb)
* guardabarros
* pelea de barro
* pies de barro
* salvabarros

#### See also

* limo m

### Etymology 2

From Latin varus (“pustule in the face”).

#### Noun

barro m (plural barros)
* (dermatology) pustule (caused by acne), closed comedo

#### See also

* comedón m
* espinilla f

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

barro
* first-person singular present indicative of barrer

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

barro
* first-person singular present indicative of barrar

### Further reading

* “barro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* árbor, borra, obrar, robar